Play Diagnosis and Assessment

Provides comprehensive coverage of the most up-to-date developments in the assessment and diagnosis of children through play. Included are a large assortment of scales and techniques currently in use or being developed. The articles offer both highly formalized scales with well-structured statistical data and more clinically-oriented techniques. Divided into six sections, it covers developmental and diagnostic play scales, parent-child interaction and peer interaction scales, projective play techniques, and play therapy scales. Also included is an annotated bibliography of further reading at the end of each section. With over two dozen articles by researchers and practitioners, it offers an illuminating look at the current state of the art in play observation.